Drawings related to antique art
by Jan GOSSART

Philip of Burgundy commissioned Jan Gossart to depict the monuments of antiquity in Rome. Gossart's depictions includes his most celebrated drawings, the View of the Colosseum, the Hercules of the Forum Boarium, the sheet with the Spinario, and the Apollo Citharoedus of the Casa Sassi. The Roman sketches show Gossart still much rooted in the artistic tradition in which he was trained.

Preview Picture Data File Info Comment
Study after the "Spinario" (recto)
c. 1509
Pen and gray-brown ink, 263 x 205 mm
Universiteitsbibliotheek, Leiden

720*900
True Color
141 Kb



Study after the "Spinario" (detail)
c. 1509
Pen and gray-brown ink
Universiteitsbibliotheek, Leiden

737*700
True Color
120 Kb



Emperor Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl
1503-09
Pen and black ink, 339 x 278 mm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

747*900
True Color
209 Kb



Apollo Citharoedus of the Casa Sassi
1509
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, 308 x 177 mm
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

545*900
True Color
87 Kb



Hercules of the Forum Boarium
c. 1509
Pen and ink, 226 x 107 mm
Private collection

400*800
True Color
81 Kb



View of the Colosseum Seen from the West
c. 1509
Pen and brown ink over black chalk, 202 x 268 mm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

1056*800
True Color
200 Kb



Standing Warrior in Fantastic Armour
c. 1509
Pen and black ink, over black chalk, 200 x 121 mm
Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt

489*800
True Color
94 Kb



Standing Warrior in Fantastic Armour with a Halberd
c. 1509
Pen and black ink, over black chalk, 280 x 169 mm
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden

542*900
True Color
115 Kb



Bust of a Warrior in Fantastic Armour
c. 1509
Pen and brown ink, 142 x 109 mm
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden

426*550
True Color
67 Kb



Hercules Killing Cacus
1520s
Pen and brush and brown ink, over black chalk, 367 x 545 mm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1333*900
True Color
216 Kb




Summary of works by Jan Gossart
Paintings
Altarpieces | Depictions of the Virgin
St Luke Drawing the Virgin | Other religious subjects
Mythological subjects | Portraits
Graphics
Religious drawings | Drawings of antique art
Ornamental drawings | Prints